Paul caspaet



(No'MoaelQ) A Y P. CASPARY.

SHOE.

No. 400,632. l Patented Apr. 2.1889.`

UNITED STATES PAUL CASPARY, OF

PATENT OFFICE.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming partl of Letters Patent No. 400,632, dated April 2, 1889.

Application filed December 14, 1888. Serial No. 293,645. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL CAsPAEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for fastening shoes so as to permit of fastening the flaps together or the iiap to the body of the shoe along the entire line of contiguity with a single movement, and is illustratedA in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure l shows a view of a shoe to which my device has been applied, and Fig. 2 is a detail of the attachment and a portion of the shoe.

Like parts are indicated bythe same letter in both figures. v

A is the sole of the shoe; B, the Xed upper; C, the fiap; E E, a series of eyes secured along the fixed upper at the point where the edge of the iap is normally to rest.

G is a vertically movable or reciprocating rod or ybar suitably secured along the edge of the flap. J J are a series of hooks thereon, adapted each to engage one of the eyes. K K are supports forsuch rod.

L is an upper pull, whereby the rod may be operated.

Of course the eyes could be placed upon the iap and the rod be fixed upon the upper, and, moreover, the eyes and hooks could be so fixed with relation to each other as that they would engage'one another when the rod was pushed downward rather than when it was pushed upward or when the rod was rotated.

All these changes are various modifications of the device shown.

The use and operation of my invention are as follows: A shoe provided with the appliance indicated in the drawings is placed upon the foot, and the iiap is carried over firmly by the hand unt-il the hooks and eyes are in position to register with each other. When the rod is drawn upwardly, the hooks engaging the eyes, the pressure of the foot against the leather is suicient to retain the parts in position. When it is desired to remove the shoe, the iap is again firmly forced over upon the upper and the rod pushed down upon its bearings to disconnect the hooks from the eyes.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A shoe having on one of its engaging edges a series of eyes and on the other a movable rod provided with a series of hooks adapted to engage said-eyes, and thus secure the edges along their lengths, and keepers or guides in which the rod reciprocates.

2. A shoe having on one of its engaging edges a series of eyes and on the other a movable rod provided with a series of upwardlyturned -hooks y'adapted to engage said eyes, and thus secure the edges along their lengths, and keepers or guides in which the rod reciprocates.

PAUL CASPARY.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS W. PARKER, CELESTE P. CHAPMAN. 

